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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Pastoral
Septet
Accessible
2. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Cantabile
Unison
Clavier
3. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Treble
Motif
Klangfarbenmelodie
Timbre
4. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Madrigal
Phrase
Measure
Soprano
5. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Pizzicato
System
Sharp
Energico
6. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
Overture
Cadenza
Obbligato
7. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Unison
Polyphony
Tutti
Phrase
8. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Root
Accelerando
Triple time
9. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Monotone
A cappella
Measure
Movement
10. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Espressivo
Concerto
Staff
Conductor
11. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Recapitulation
Reprise
Minuet
12. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Resonance
Chorus
Clavier
13. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Forte
Legato
Galliard
Verismo
14. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Harmony
Whole note
Resonance
Adagio
15. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Orchestration
Contralto
Time Signature
Refrain
16. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Renaissance
Grazioso
Progression
Tone
17. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Classicism
Duet
Sequence
Temperament
18. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Espressivo
Prelude
Staff
Scordatura
19. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Whole-tone scale
Relative major and minor
Octave
Measure
20. Sliding between two notes.
Encore
Glissando
Introduction
Finale
21. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Musette
Legato
Key
Octave
22. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Chorus
Cavatina
Nonet
Piano
23. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Tune
Mezzo
Octave
Pizzicato
24. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Cavatina
Chamber music
Forte
Theme
25. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Theme
Movement
Glee
Serenade
26. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Dynamics
Unison
System
27. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Carol
Rococo
Tutti
Nocturne
28. Group of singers in a chorus.
Cantata
Choir
Root
Ostinato
29. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Flat
Reprise
March
Forte
30. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Concerto
Song cycle
Vivace
Whole-tone scale
31. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Whole-tone scale
Tune
Quadrille
Time Signature
32. The principal note of a triad.
Recitative
Musette
Verismo
Root
33. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Tonal
Treble
Chorale
Chorus
34. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Harmony
Virtuoso
Canon
Motif
35. Suite of Baroque dances.
Impromptu
Modes
Partita
Fugue
36. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Quadrille
Relative major and minor
Opus
Tablature
37. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
System
Pentatonic Scale
Chord progression
38. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Baroque
Polyphony
Vibrato
39. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Phrase
Movement
Twelve-tone music
Libretto
40. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Atonal
Impromptu
Musicology
Verismo
41. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Triple time
Stretto
Scale
Recitative
42. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Prelude
Tone less
Glee
Monotone
43. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Staff
Expressionism
Beat
Accessible
44. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Notation
Atonal
Adagio
Trio
45. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Grandioso
Tremolo
Fourth
Major
46. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Libretto
Sonata form
Energico
Phrase
47. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Movement
Staff
Musicology
Concerto
48. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Beat
Legato
Refrain
Resonance
49. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Ensemble
Motif
Accelerando
Legato
50. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Carol
Capriccio
Interlude
Renaissance
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